📋Homemade Orange Liqueur Curacao Style
This homemade orange liqueur is very similar to limoncello, it can be served cold at the end of a meal or used in recipes or cocktails that call for Curacao, Triple Sec or Cointreau.
Servings 4 wine bottles
Calories 5855kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 to 12 orange peels bitter orange - Seville
- 4 cups 95% alcohol or vodka
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 7 cloves
- 2 lb caster sugar
- 4 cups fresh water
Instructions
- Peel the oranges very thinly trying to avoid the pith of the orange10 to 12 orange peels
- In a 1 gal - 3 lt bottle with a large bottleneck insert the orange zest, the cinnamon and the cloves and pour in the alcohol1 teaspoon cinnamon, 7 cloves, 4 cups 95% alcohol or vodka
- Let it rest for 10 days, shaking it every second day
Make the syrup
- Dissolve the sugar in the water by boiling it2 lb caster sugar, 4 cups fresh water
- Let it cool down completely
- Filter the alcohol, discharge the orange peels
- Put the alcohol back in the 1 gal - 3 lt bottle after you rinced off the residuals
- Add the cold syrup
- Shake well
- Let it rest for another 10 days before transferring it into bottles
- Use fancy bottles for gifts
- Serve cold or use it for recipes or cocktails that call for Curacao, Triple Sec or Cointreau
Video
Notes
- Use bitter orange peels to give a nice contrast with the sugar and a depth of flavour
- Let it rest for 10 days each time, no more is necessary
- Keep in a dry dark place, it will last for years
- Put it in a fancy bottle to give as a gift to friends
- Add on the label a link to Elain's cocktail recipes:
- https://dishesdelish.com/lemon-drop-martini-cocktail/
- https://dishesdelish.com/awesome-ruby-red-grapefruit-cosmopolitan-cocktail/
- https://dishesdelish.com/ultimate-cadillac-margarita/
Nutrition
Calories: 5855kcal | Carbohydrates: 940g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 254mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 905g | Vitamin A: 505IU | Vitamin C: 163.2mg | Calcium: 249mg | Iron: 1.6mg